Amidst heavy rain and traffic jam, a green corridor was built from Delhi Airport to Fortis Hospital in Gurugram, in which a heart was transported. Hospital officials said that a distance of 18 kilometers was covered in 13 minutes. With the help of around 100 police officers, the heart was airlifted from Kolkata to Gurugram in 4 hours to save the life of a 34-year-old man from Rohtak on Wednesday.
According to PTI, the first green corridor was created by the police in Kolkata from a government hospital. While the 54-year-old woman was declared brain dead, officials said the heart was airlifted from the hospital to Kolkata’s Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport after getting approval from the National Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization (NOTTO). After this, the heart was taken to Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport through Indigo Airlines.
Delhi and Gurugram police, along with hospital staff, created a second green corridor, covering a distance of 18 kilometers from IGI Airport to Fortis Hospital in Gurugram in just 13 minutes, despite heavy traffic jams and sudden rain, according to the hospital’s statement. Was delivered. The entire process was completed within four hours with the help and cooperation of about 100 police officers, the statement said.
When the heart reached the hospital, a team of doctors led by Dr. Udgeeth Dhir of Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery, Fortis Gurugram transplanted it. Dr. Dhir said that the 34-year-old patient was brought to the hospital in a critical condition, his heart was functioning only 10 to 15 percent. Dr Dhir said he was already on artificial heart support with a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) and was registered in NOTTO’s list for heart transplant.
Regarding heart transplant, Dr. Dheer said that immediate heart transplant was necessary in this case. Yash Rawat, facility director of Fortis Memorial Research Institute, said that the patient’s condition is currently stable and we will be able to cure him in the next few days.